Gerard Butler (left) is a Secret Service agent trying to rescue the president (Aaron Eckhart) from North Korean terrorists in 'Olympus Has Fallen,' opening Friday in Mountain Home.

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TODD MCCARTHY
The Hollywood Reporter

In a week when North Korea posted a homemade video showing the U.S. Capitol building being destroyed by a missile, what more logical response could Hollywood offer than a macho thriller about a Secret Service agent who takes on North Korean terrorists who attack the White House? The first of two similarly themed action dramas set for this year ("White House Down" arrives in June), "Olympus Has Fallen" will put to the test the question of whether American audiences are ready, 12 years after 9/11, to watch, strictly as disposable popcorn entertainment, a film in which the United States and some ...